![]() We’re left anticipating episode 8, and the fallout of the standoff between Mando and the Moff.īut I’m left lingering on the image of Kuiil dead in the dirt next to his smoking mount. The episode ends on a cliffhanger, with the Child is scooped up by a scout trooper on a speeder bike. They’re up against Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), and a full company or more of fresh Stormtroopers in gleaming white plate. Mando and his friends aren’t up against some small-time thug with immaculate diction and a gorgeous German accent. The wall caves in under a sustained volley of blaster fire, revealing a squad of Death Troopers who kill the Client in the blink of an eye. Greef passes him a blaster, and he lines up his shot. When Werner Herzog turns his back, he slips off his binders. Mando pretends to be Greef’s prisoner to get close to the Client. ![]() But, finally, the makeshift plan comes together. His only salvation is the Child, who uses his Force powers to heal him. In the middle of the episode Greef is wounded in a bizarre encounter with a pack of pterodactyl-sized flying predators. All told, it’s a formidable force that lands ready to take on the worst that the galaxy can throw at them. Finally, there’s IG-11 (Taika Waititi), the bounty hunting droid that Kuiil has rebuilt and raised in the months since Mando took him down in episode 1. Then there’s Kuiil (Nick Nolte), the handy Ugnaught. First comes Cara Dune (Gina Carano), the ex-Rebel commando. To cover his back, Mando collects all the allies that we’ve met so far. Greef offers a scheme that is very clearly a trap, but one that he promises will bring about the death of the Client (Werner Herzog) and hopefully free Mando and the Child to move on. The main city is on lockdown, and the business of the mercenary guild has ground to a halt. After Mando blasted his way out of town in episode 3, what remains of the Imperial presence on Nevarro has been doubled. The first half of episode 7, titled “The Reckoning,” begins with a message from Greef Karga (Carl Weathers). But the series itself could just as easily pull up short, delivering half-truths that leave viewers just as unsatisfied as the modern trilogy. ![]() Will Filoni and Jon Favreau’s story be a mini-series, a one-and-done blink of the eye? Or will it lean into its potential to be a long-tailed serial drama? The Mandalorian Episode 7 explores the complicated political landscape of a post-Empire world with decades worth of potential backstory leading up to the birth of the Resistance. Now it’s up to the writers and showrunners to make the real pitch in episode 8. But, after episode 7, it all seems like a very big wind up. ![]() The show is nearly pitch perfect, with fascinating characters and just the right amount of fan service tucked into the corners. The fanboys and girls in the audience - including a sizeable contingent dressed like Mandalorians themselves - ate it up.ĭespite expectations, The Mandalorian delivered. It promised to fill in the 25-year gap between Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The Mandalorian, he explained, would be a a traditional, episodic Western starring an enigmatic man dressed up like Boba Fett. When I wandered into Chicago’s Wintrust Arena earlier this year for Star Wars Celebration, Clone Wars and Rebels creator Dave Filoni was there with something to sell.
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